18:15 Sligo

Tuesday 20 August 2019

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Lengthen The Odds With BetVictor Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 18:15 | Winning time: 5m 19.5s

Askthebossman^t¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Ricky Doyle⁽⁵⁾| T: James Andrew Fahey

25/1

Mistakes put paid to his chances last time out over course and distance; had previously shown bits and pieces of form notably at Roscommon in July; fair chance if sorting out his hurdling.

Form: 055

Bunninadden^b1¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Simon Torrens⁽⁷⁾| T: William P Murphy

12/1

Two fourth place finishes in his last two runs suggest a level of consistency and ability to suggest he is up to winning a race soon; application of blinkers for the first time may be the sharpener he needs; respected at this level.

Form: 45-1444

Dark Decade^p²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 103

7/2

Will have disappointed leading connections with a series of dismal efforts over hurdles since making his debut in December. First time cheekpieces didn't help last time; chances and excuses running out.

Form: 8884P-0

Killdevil George^b⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: D E Mullins| T: J P Ryan

50/1

Has failed to build on a promising hurdling debut at Ballinrobe in July at Galway and back at his debut venue last week. Hard to make a case for until he starts to show more consistent form.

Form: 0/0-490

Rock On Aussie²⁵⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: L P Dempsey| T: J P Dempsey| OR: 92

20/1

Well beaten and never a factor on all his start to date; slowly getting more experience but not hard to oppose.

Form: 0077F3-

Tico Times¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr L P Gilligan⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Gilligan

50/1

Failed to win in six point-to-points and has failed to be competitive in four bumper starts to date. Easy to overlook.

Form: P3-7578

Unexpected Depth²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Darragh O'Keeffe⁽⁵⁾| T: O McKiernan

4/5

Bought for £75,000 after winning a Loughrea point-to-point in August. Four maiden hurdle starts did not go to plan with the gelding finishing well down the field on each start. Not one to place a great deal of faith in at the moment.

Form: 1798-6

Valley Breeze¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr A McMahon⁽⁷⁾| T: W P Mullins

6/1

Hurdling debut; has been brought along slowly and showed signs of ability last time out at Galway; probably not up to winning on his first sight of hurdles but market worth a check.

Form: 9/647-5

Baronial Hall^t1⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: K J Brouder⁽⁵⁾| T: D E Fitzgerald

66/1

Well beaten on all his racecourse appearances and would take a huge leap of faith to believe he is capable of springing a surprise here.

Form: F-906

Hewick^p1¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: Brian Hayes| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 93

16/1

Has shown very limited ability on all his hurdle starts and it is difficult to see where the improvement will come from to see him get competitive even at this lowly level.

Form: 5B7600

Little Saint²²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: P J Cawley⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hogan

33/1

Best finish was when beaten 43L in a bumper at Punchestown; best hurdles finish was when beaten 52L at Cork; no real chance.

Form: 54-00

Forecasts

Unexpected Depth (4/5), Dark Decade (7/2), Valley Breeze (6/1), Bunninadden (12/1), Hewick (16/1), Rock On Aussie (20/1), Askthebossman (25/1), Little Saint (33/1), Tico Times (50/1), Killdevil George (50/1), Baronial Hall (66/1)

Hard to make a coherent case for most of this field with a slight preference given to BUNNINADDEN who is one of the few to show some degree of ability on a racecourse exemplified by his two fourth place finishes in his latest two runs. He would not have to improve too much to land this contest. Askthebossman would have finished closer at this track over 3m last time out if he had jumped better. If this is sorted out then he has ability and certainly capable of winning this type of race. While hardly being a racehorse to place too much faith in at present Unexpected Depth did run with a little more promise last time out and would not have to improve too much again to earn some prize money.